WRITER

Rubén Darío

1867 - 1916

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Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (18 January 1867 – 6 February 1916), known as Rubén Darío (US: dah-REE-oh, Spanish: [ruˈβen daˈɾi.o]), was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-language literary movement known as modernismo (modernism) that flourished at the end of the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rubén Darío has received more than 760,028 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia. Rubén Darío is the 944th most popular writer (down from 844th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Nicaragua (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Nicaraguan Writer.

Rubén Darío is most famous for being the first Latin American poet to write in the European style. He was also a journalist, essayist, and diplomat.

Memorability Metrics

  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Cantos de vida y esperanza
1900
Prosas profanas
1916
Prosas profanas y otros poemas
1896
Los raros
Spanish American literature
1896
Poesías completas
1945
Antología poética
1927
Cantos de vida y esperanza
1900
Antología poética
Spanish language edition, Nonfiction, Poesía española
1927
Poems
Spanish poetry, Criticism and interpretation, Nicaraguan poetry
1888
Prosas profanas
1916
Prosas profanas y otros poemas
Music, history and criticism
1896
Los raros
History and criticism, Modern Literature, Symbolism in literature
1896

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rubén Darío ranks 944 out of 7,302. Before him are Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Leconte de Lisle, Rustichello da Pisa, Nellie Bly, James Jones, and Pierre Larousse. After him are Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Hans Sachs, L. Frank Baum, Alexandra David-Néel, Vātsyāyana, and Virginia Satir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Rubén Darío ranks 31. Before him are Umberto Giordano, Hector Guimard, Sakichi Toyoda, Eugen Sandow, Alexander Parvus, and Margaret Brown. After him are Joseph Maria Olbrich, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Percy Fawcett, Kurt Eisner, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and Edward B. Titchener. Among people deceased in 1916, Rubén Darío ranks 33. Before him are Max Reger, Eduard Strauss, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Gaston Maspero, and Torakusu Yamaha. After him are Percival Lowell, Gérard Encausse, Jean Webster, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Victoriano Huerta, and Hiram Maxim.

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In Nicaragua

Among people born in Nicaragua, Rubén Darío ranks 6 out of 34. Before him are Daniel Ortega (1945), Augusto César Sandino (1895), Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925), Anastasio Somoza García (1896), and Violeta Chamorro (1929). After him are Ernesto Cardenal (1925), Barbara Carrera (1945), Enrique Bolaños (1928), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), Bianca Jagger (1945), and Arnoldo Alemán (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Nicaragua

Among writers born in Nicaragua, Rubén Darío ranks 1. After him are Gioconda Belli (1948), Sergio Ramírez (1942), and Claribel Alegría (1924).

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